1ec8f24b7SThomas Gleixner# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only 216444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo# 3606576ceSSteven Rostedt# Architectures that offer an FUNCTION_TRACER implementation should 4606576ceSSteven Rostedt# select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER: 516444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo# 62a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker 78d26487fSTörök Edwinconfig USER_STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 88d26487fSTörök Edwin bool 98d26487fSTörök Edwin 102a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbeckerconfig NOP_TRACER 112a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker bool 122a3a4f66SFrédéric Weisbecker 1354ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_RETHOOK 1454ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu bool 1554ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu 1654ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig RETHOOK 1754ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu bool 1854ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu depends on HAVE_RETHOOK 1954ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu help 2054ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu Enable generic return hooking feature. This is an internal 2154ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu API, which will be used by other function-entry hooking 2254ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu features like fprobe and kprobes. 2354ecbe6fSMasami Hiramatsu 24606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER 2516444a8aSArnaldo Carvalho de Melo bool 26555f386cSMike Frysinger help 275fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst 28bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt 29fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 3015e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker bool 31555f386cSMike Frysinger help 325fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst 3315e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker 34a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS 35a1be9cccSDonglin Peng bool 36a1be9cccSDonglin Peng 37a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC 38a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) bool 39a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) help 40a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) True if ftrace_graph_func() is defined. 41a762e926SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 42677aa9f7SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE 43677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt bool 44555f386cSMike Frysinger help 455fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst 46677aa9f7SSteven Rostedt 4706aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsuconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS 4806aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu bool 4906aeaaeaSMasami Hiramatsu 50763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS 51763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool 52763e34e7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 53cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS 54cbad0fb2SMark Rutland bool 55cbad0fb2SMark Rutland 56*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_EXTRA_IPI_TRACEPOINTS 57*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedt bool 58*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedt help 59*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedt For architectures that use ipi_raise, ipi_entry and ipi_exit 60*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedt tracepoints. 61*9f0cb917SSteven Rostedt 6202a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 6302a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool 6402a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 6502a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) If this is set, then arguments and stack can be found from 6694d095ffSMark Rutland the ftrace_regs passed into the function callback regs parameter 6702a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) by default, even without setting the REGS flag in the ftrace_ops. 6894d095ffSMark Rutland This allows for use of ftrace_regs_get_argument() and 6994d095ffSMark Rutland ftrace_regs_get_stack_pointer(). 7002a474caSSteven Rostedt (VMware) 71762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config HAVE_FTRACE_REGS_HAVING_PT_REGS 72762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) bool 73762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) help 74762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) If this is set, ftrace_regs has pt_regs, thus it can convert to 75762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) pt_regs without allocating memory. 76762abbc0SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 779440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel)config HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_NO_PATCHABLE 789440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel) bool 799440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel) help 809440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel) If the architecture generates __patchable_function_entries sections 819440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel) but does not want them included in the ftrace locations. 829440155cSPeter Zijlstra (Intel) 838da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 848da3821bSSteven Rostedt bool 85555f386cSMike Frysinger help 865fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst 878da3821bSSteven Rostedt 8866700001SJosh Stoneconfig HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS 89ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker bool 90555f386cSMike Frysinger help 915fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/ftrace-design.rst 92ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker 93a2546faeSSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_FENTRY 94a2546faeSSteven Rostedt bool 95a2546faeSSteven Rostedt help 96a2546faeSSteven Rostedt Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mfentry 97a2546faeSSteven Rostedt 982f4df001SVasily Gorbikconfig HAVE_NOP_MCOUNT 992f4df001SVasily Gorbik bool 1002f4df001SVasily Gorbik help 1012f4df001SVasily Gorbik Arch supports the gcc options -pg with -mrecord-mcount and -nop-mcount 1022f4df001SVasily Gorbik 10322c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT 10422c8542dSSami Tolvanen bool 10522c8542dSSami Tolvanen help 10622c8542dSSami Tolvanen Arch supports objtool --mcount 10722c8542dSSami Tolvanen 108280981d6SSathvika Vasireddyconfig HAVE_OBJTOOL_NOP_MCOUNT 109280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy bool 110280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy help 111280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy Arch supports the objtool options --mcount with --mnop. 112280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy An architecture can select this if it wants to enable nop'ing 113280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy of ftrace locations. 114280981d6SSathvika Vasireddy 115cf4db259SSteven Rostedtconfig HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT 11672441cb1SSteven Rostedt bool 11772441cb1SSteven Rostedt help 11872441cb1SSteven Rostedt C version of recordmcount available? 11972441cb1SSteven Rostedt 1204ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google)config HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT 1214ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) bool 1224ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) help 1234ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) An architecture selects this if it sorts the mcount_loc section 1244ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) at build time. 1254ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) 1266b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google)config BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT 1276b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) bool 1286b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) default y 1294ed308c4SSteven Rostedt (Google) depends on HAVE_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT && DYNAMIC_FTRACE 1306b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) help 1316b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) Sort the mcount_loc section at build time. 1326b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) 133352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACER_MAX_TRACE 134352ad25aSSteven Rostedt bool 135352ad25aSSteven Rostedt 136ea632e9fSJosh Triplettconfig TRACE_CLOCK 137ea632e9fSJosh Triplett bool 138ea632e9fSJosh Triplett 1397a8e76a3SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER 1407a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt bool 141ea632e9fSJosh Triplett select TRACE_CLOCK 14222287688SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select IRQ_WORK 1437a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt 1445f77a88bSTom Zanussiconfig EVENT_TRACING 145b11c53e1SZhaolei select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER 14660f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu select GLOB 147b11c53e1SZhaolei bool 148b11c53e1SZhaolei 149b11c53e1SZhaoleiconfig CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER 1505f77a88bSTom Zanussi bool 1515f77a88bSTom Zanussi 15285bac32cSSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP 15385bac32cSSteven Rostedt bool 15485bac32cSSteven Rostedt help 15585bac32cSSteven Rostedt Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu. 15685bac32cSSteven Rostedt Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled. 15785bac32cSSteven Rostedt 158c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS 159c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) bool 160c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS 161c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) select TRACING 162c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) default y 163c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) help 164c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts 165c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them. 166c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) 1675e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are 1685e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING. 1695e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the 1705e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# options do not appear when something else selects it. We need the two options 1715e0a0939SSteven Rostedt# GENERIC_TRACER and TRACING to avoid circular dependencies to accomplish the 17240892367SRandy Dunlap# hiding of the automatic options. 1735e0a0939SSteven Rostedt 174bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING 175bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt bool 1767a8e76a3SSteven Rostedt select RING_BUFFER 177c2c80529SAl Viro select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 1785f87f112SIngo Molnar select TRACEPOINTS 179f3384b28SSteven Rostedt select NOP_TRACER 180769b0441SFrederic Weisbecker select BINARY_PRINTF 1815f77a88bSTom Zanussi select EVENT_TRACING 182ea632e9fSJosh Triplett select TRACE_CLOCK 18302b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney select NEED_TASKS_RCU 184bc0c38d1SSteven Rostedt 1855e0a0939SSteven Rostedtconfig GENERIC_TRACER 1865e0a0939SSteven Rostedt bool 1875e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select TRACING 1885e0a0939SSteven Rostedt 18940ada30fSIngo Molnar# 19040ada30fSIngo Molnar# Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to 19140ada30fSIngo Molnar# be able to offer generic tracing facilities: 19240ada30fSIngo Molnar# 19340ada30fSIngo Molnarconfig TRACING_SUPPORT 19440ada30fSIngo Molnar bool 1950ea5ee03SMichael Ellerman depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT 19640ada30fSIngo Molnar depends on STACKTRACE_SUPPORT 197422d3c7aSKOSAKI Motohiro default y 19840ada30fSIngo Molnar 1994ed9f071SSteven Rostedtmenuconfig FTRACE 2004ed9f071SSteven Rostedt bool "Tracers" 201de32951bSMasahiro Yamada depends on TRACING_SUPPORT 20265b77242SSteven Rostedt default y if DEBUG_KERNEL 2034ed9f071SSteven Rostedt help 2044ed9f071SSteven Rostedt Enable the kernel tracing infrastructure. 2054ed9f071SSteven Rostedt 2064ed9f071SSteven Rostedtif FTRACE 20717d80fd0SPeter Zijlstra 2081e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config BOOTTIME_TRACING 2091e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Boot-time Tracing support" 210d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu depends on TRACING 211d8a953ddSMasami Hiramatsu select BOOT_CONFIG 2121e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 2131e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Enable developer to setup ftrace subsystem via supplemental 2141e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) kernel cmdline at boot time for debugging (tracing) driver 2151e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) initialization and boot process. 2161e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 217606576ceSSteven Rostedtconfig FUNCTION_TRACER 2181b29b018SSteven Rostedt bool "Kernel Function Tracer" 219606576ceSSteven Rostedt depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER 2204d7a077cSSteven Rostedt select KALLSYMS 2215e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 22235e8e302SSteven Rostedt select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER 22360f1d5e3SMasami Hiramatsu select GLOB 22402b3c5fcSPaul E. McKenney select NEED_TASKS_RCU 225e5a971d7SPaul E. McKenney select TASKS_RUDE_RCU 2261b29b018SSteven Rostedt help 2271b29b018SSteven Rostedt Enable the kernel to trace every kernel function. This is done 2281b29b018SSteven Rostedt by using a compiler feature to insert a small, 5-byte No-Operation 22940892367SRandy Dunlap instruction at the beginning of every kernel function, which NOP 2301b29b018SSteven Rostedt sequence is then dynamically patched into a tracer call when 2311b29b018SSteven Rostedt tracing is enabled by the administrator. If it's runtime disabled 2321b29b018SSteven Rostedt (the bootup default), then the overhead of the instructions is very 2330a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google) small and not measurable even in micro-benchmarks (at least on 2340a6d7d45SSteven Rostedt (Google) x86, but may have impact on other architectures). 23535e8e302SSteven Rostedt 236fb52607aSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 237fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker bool "Kernel Function Graph Tracer" 238fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 23915e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 240eb4a0378SSteven Rostedt depends on !X86_32 || !CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE 241764f3b95SIngo Molnar default y 24215e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker help 243fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker Enable the kernel to trace a function at both its return 244fb52607aSFrederic Weisbecker and its entry. 245692105b8SMatt LaPlante Its first purpose is to trace the duration of functions and 246692105b8SMatt LaPlante draw a call graph for each thread with some information like 247692105b8SMatt LaPlante the return value. This is done by setting the current return 248692105b8SMatt LaPlante address on the current task structure into a stack of calls. 24915e6cb36SFrederic Weisbecker 250a1be9cccSDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETVAL 251a1be9cccSDonglin Peng bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Value" 252a3ed4157SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS 253a1be9cccSDonglin Peng depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 254a1be9cccSDonglin Peng default n 255a1be9cccSDonglin Peng help 256a1be9cccSDonglin Peng Support recording and printing the function return value when 257a1be9cccSDonglin Peng using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate functions 258a1be9cccSDonglin Peng that return errors. This feature is off by default, and you can 259a1be9cccSDonglin Peng enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retval. 260a1be9cccSDonglin Peng See Documentation/trace/ftrace.rst 261a1be9cccSDonglin Peng 26221e92806SDonglin Pengconfig FUNCTION_GRAPH_RETADDR 26321e92806SDonglin Peng bool "Kernel Function Graph Return Address" 26421e92806SDonglin Peng depends on FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 26521e92806SDonglin Peng default n 26621e92806SDonglin Peng help 26721e92806SDonglin Peng Support recording and printing the function return address when 26821e92806SDonglin Peng using function graph tracer. It can be helpful to locate code line that 26921e92806SDonglin Peng the function is called. This feature is off by default, and you can 27021e92806SDonglin Peng enable it via the trace option funcgraph-retaddr. 27121e92806SDonglin Peng 272533c20b0SSven Schnelleconfig FUNCTION_TRACE_ARGS 273533c20b0SSven Schnelle bool 274b81ff11cSSteven Rostedt depends on PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS 275533c20b0SSven Schnelle default y 276ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle help 277ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle If supported with function argument access API and BTF, then 278ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle the function tracer and function graph tracer will support printing 279ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle of function arguments. This feature is off by default, and can be 280ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle enabled via the trace option func-args (for the function tracer) and 281ff5c9c57SSven Schnelle funcgraph-args (for the function graph tracer) 282533c20b0SSven Schnelle 28361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE 28461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "enable/disable function tracing dynamically" 28561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 28661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE 28761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default y 28861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 28961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option will modify all the calls to function tracing 29061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) dynamically (will patch them out of the binary image and 29161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) replace them with a No-Op instruction) on boot up. During 29261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) compile time, a table is made of all the locations that ftrace 29361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) can function trace, and this table is linked into the kernel 29461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) image. When this is enabled, functions can be individually 29561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) enabled, and the functions not enabled will not affect 29661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) performance of the system. 29761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 2982455f0e1SRoss Zwisler See the files in /sys/kernel/tracing: 29961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) available_filter_functions 30061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) set_ftrace_filter 30161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) set_ftrace_notrace 30261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 30361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This way a CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER kernel is slightly larger, but 30461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) otherwise has native performance as long as no tracing is active. 30561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 30661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS 30761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) def_bool y 30861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE 30961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS 31061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 31161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS 31261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) def_bool y 31360c89718SFlorent Revest depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS || DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 31461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_DIRECT_CALLS 31561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 316cbad0fb2SMark Rutlandconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS 317cbad0fb2SMark Rutland def_bool y 318cbad0fb2SMark Rutland depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_CALL_OPS 319cbad0fb2SMark Rutland 32012f9951dSLukas Bulwahnconfig DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 32112f9951dSLukas Bulwahn def_bool y 32212f9951dSLukas Bulwahn depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE 32312f9951dSLukas Bulwahn depends on HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 32412f9951dSLukas Bulwahn 325cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig FPROBE 326cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu bool "Kernel Function Probe (fprobe)" 3274346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_FREGS && HAVE_FTRACE_GRAPH_FUNC 3284346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_ARGS 3294346ba16SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER 330cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu default n 331cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu help 3325b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu This option enables kernel function probe (fprobe) based on ftrace. 3335b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu The fprobe is similar to kprobes, but probes only for kernel function 3345b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu entries and exits. This also can probe multiple functions by one 3355b0ab789SMasami Hiramatsu fprobe. 336cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu 337cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu If unsure, say N. 338cad9931fSMasami Hiramatsu 33961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FUNCTION_PROFILER 34061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Kernel function profiler" 34161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 34261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default n 34361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 34461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option enables the kernel function profiler. A file is created 34561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) in debugfs called function_profile_enabled which defaults to zero. 34661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) When a 1 is echoed into this file profiling begins, and when a 34761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) zero is entered, profiling stops. A "functions" file is created in 34861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) the trace_stat directory; this file shows the list of functions that 34961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) have been hit and their counters. 35061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 35161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If in doubt, say N. 35261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 35361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config STACK_TRACER 35461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Trace max stack" 35561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER 35661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select FUNCTION_TRACER 35761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select STACKTRACE 35861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select KALLSYMS 35961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 36061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This special tracer records the maximum stack footprint of the 3612455f0e1SRoss Zwisler kernel and displays it in /sys/kernel/tracing/stack_trace. 36261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 36361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This tracer works by hooking into every function call that the 36461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) kernel executes, and keeping a maximum stack depth value and 36561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) stack-trace saved. If this is configured with DYNAMIC_FTRACE 36661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) then it will not have any overhead while the stack tracer 36761778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) is disabled. 36861778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 36961778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) To enable the stack tracer on bootup, pass in 'stacktrace' 37061778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) on the kernel command line. 37161778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 37261778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) The stack tracer can also be enabled or disabled via the 37361778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) sysctl kernel.stack_tracer_enabled 37461778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 37561778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Say N if unsure. 37661778cd7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 377c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google)config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE 378c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) bool 379c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) help 380c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled, 381c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) and last enabled. 382bac429f0SSteven Rostedt 38381d68a96SSteven Rostedtconfig IRQSOFF_TRACER 38481d68a96SSteven Rostedt bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer" 38581d68a96SSteven Rostedt default n 38681d68a96SSteven Rostedt depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT 38781d68a96SSteven Rostedt select TRACE_IRQFLAGS 3885e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 38981d68a96SSteven Rostedt select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 39085bac32cSSteven Rostedt select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP 39122cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select TRACER_SNAPSHOT 3920b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP 39381d68a96SSteven Rostedt help 39481d68a96SSteven Rostedt This option measures the time spent in irqs-off critical 39581d68a96SSteven Rostedt sections, with microsecond accuracy. 39681d68a96SSteven Rostedt 39781d68a96SSteven Rostedt The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is 39881d68a96SSteven Rostedt disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started 39981d68a96SSteven Rostedt via: 40081d68a96SSteven Rostedt 4012455f0e1SRoss Zwisler echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency 40281d68a96SSteven Rostedt 40340892367SRandy Dunlap (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option 4046cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt enabled. This option and the preempt-off timing option can be 4056cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt used together or separately.) 4066cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt 4076cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedtconfig PREEMPT_TRACER 4086cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt bool "Preemption-off Latency Tracer" 4096cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt default n 41030c93704SThomas Gleixner depends on PREEMPTION 4115e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 4126cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 41385bac32cSSteven Rostedt select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP 41422cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select TRACER_SNAPSHOT 4150b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP 416c3bc8fd6SJoel Fernandes (Google) select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE 4176cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt help 41840892367SRandy Dunlap This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical 4196cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt sections, with microsecond accuracy. 4206cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt 4216cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt The default measurement method is a maximum search, which is 4226cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt disabled by default and can be runtime (re-)started 4236cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt via: 4246cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt 4252455f0e1SRoss Zwisler echo 0 > /sys/kernel/tracing/tracing_max_latency 4266cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt 42740892367SRandy Dunlap (Note that kernel size and overhead increase with this option 4286cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt enabled. This option and the irqs-off timing option can be 4296cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt used together or separately.) 4306cd8a4bbSSteven Rostedt 431352ad25aSSteven Rostedtconfig SCHED_TRACER 432352ad25aSSteven Rostedt bool "Scheduling Latency Tracer" 4335e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 434352ad25aSSteven Rostedt select CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER 435352ad25aSSteven Rostedt select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 43622cffc2bSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select TRACER_SNAPSHOT 437352ad25aSSteven Rostedt help 438352ad25aSSteven Rostedt This tracer tracks the latency of the highest priority task 439352ad25aSSteven Rostedt to be scheduled in, starting from the point it has woken up. 440352ad25aSSteven Rostedt 441e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config HWLAT_TRACER 442e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) bool "Tracer to detect hardware latencies (like SMIs)" 443e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select GENERIC_TRACER 444e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 445e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) help 446e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) This tracer, when enabled will create one or more kernel threads, 447c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer depending on what the cpumask file is set to, which each thread 448e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) spinning in a loop looking for interruptions caused by 449e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) something other than the kernel. For example, if a 450e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) System Management Interrupt (SMI) takes a noticeable amount of 451e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) time, this tracer will detect it. This is useful for testing 452e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) if a system is reliable for Real Time tasks. 453e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 454e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) Some files are created in the tracing directory when this 455e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) is enabled: 456e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 457e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) hwlat_detector/width - time in usecs for how long to spin for 458e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) hwlat_detector/window - time in usecs between the start of each 459e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) iteration 460e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 461e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) A kernel thread is created that will spin with interrupts disabled 462c5c1ea75SJesper Dangaard Brouer for "width" microseconds in every "window" cycle. It will not spin 463e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) for "window - width" microseconds, where the system can 464e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) continue to operate. 465e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 466e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files. 467e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 468e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) When the tracer is not running, it has no affect on the system, 469e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) but when it is running, it can cause the system to be 470e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) periodically non responsive. Do not run this tracer on a 471e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) production system. 472e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 473e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) To enable this tracer, echo in "hwlat" into the current_tracer 474e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) file. Every time a latency is greater than tracing_thresh, it will 475e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) be recorded into the ring buffer. 476e7c15cd8SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 477bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig OSNOISE_TRACER 478bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira bool "OS Noise tracer" 479bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira select GENERIC_TRACER 480e25e43a4SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 481bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira help 482bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira In the context of high-performance computing (HPC), the Operating 483bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira System Noise (osnoise) refers to the interference experienced by an 484bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira application due to activities inside the operating system. In the 485bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira context of Linux, NMIs, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and any other system thread 486bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira can cause noise to the system. Moreover, hardware-related jobs can 487bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira also cause noise, for example, via SMIs. 488bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 489bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The osnoise tracer leverages the hwlat_detector by running a similar 490bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira loop with preemption, SoftIRQs and IRQs enabled, thus allowing all 491bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira the sources of osnoise during its execution. The osnoise tracer takes 492bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira note of the entry and exit point of any source of interferences, 493bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira increasing a per-cpu interference counter. It saves an interference 494bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira counter for each source of interference. The interference counter for 495bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira NMI, IRQs, SoftIRQs, and threads is increased anytime the tool 496bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira observes these interferences' entry events. When a noise happens 497bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira without any interference from the operating system level, the 498bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira hardware noise counter increases, pointing to a hardware-related 499bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira noise. In this way, osnoise can account for any source of 500bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira interference. At the end of the period, the osnoise tracer prints 501bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira the sum of all noise, the max single noise, the percentage of CPU 502bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira available for the thread, and the counters for the noise sources. 503bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 504bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira In addition to the tracer, a set of tracepoints were added to 505bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira facilitate the identification of the osnoise source. 506bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 507bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The output will appear in the trace and trace_pipe files. 508bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 509bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira To enable this tracer, echo in "osnoise" into the current_tracer 510bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira file. 511bce29ac9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 512a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveiraconfig TIMERLAT_TRACER 513a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira bool "Timerlat tracer" 514a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira select OSNOISE_TRACER 515a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira select GENERIC_TRACER 516a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira help 517a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The timerlat tracer aims to help the preemptive kernel developers 518a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira to find sources of wakeup latencies of real-time threads. 519a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 520a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The tracer creates a per-cpu kernel thread with real-time priority. 521a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The tracer thread sets a periodic timer to wakeup itself, and goes 522a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira to sleep waiting for the timer to fire. At the wakeup, the thread 523a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira then computes a wakeup latency value as the difference between 524a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira the current time and the absolute time that the timer was set 525a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira to expire. 526a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 527a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The tracer prints two lines at every activation. The first is the 528a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira timer latency observed at the hardirq context before the 529a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira activation of the thread. The second is the timer latency observed 530a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira by the thread, which is the same level that cyclictest reports. The 531a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira ACTIVATION ID field serves to relate the irq execution to its 532a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira respective thread execution. 533a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 534a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira The tracer is build on top of osnoise tracer, and the osnoise: 535a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira events can be used to trace the source of interference from NMI, 536a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira IRQs and other threads. It also enables the capture of the 537a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira stacktrace at the IRQ context, which helps to identify the code 538a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira path that can cause thread delay. 539a955d7eaSDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 54021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE 54121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Memory mapped IO tracing" 54221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on HAVE_MMIOTRACE_SUPPORT && PCI 54321b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select GENERIC_TRACER 54421b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 54521b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for 54621b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap 54721b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) implementation and works via page faults. Tracing is disabled by 54821b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default and can be enabled at run-time. 54921b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 55021b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) See Documentation/trace/mmiotrace.rst. 55121b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If you are not helping to develop drivers, say N. 55221b3ce30SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 553897f17a6SSteven Rostedtconfig ENABLE_DEFAULT_TRACERS 554897f17a6SSteven Rostedt bool "Trace process context switches and events" 5555e0a0939SSteven Rostedt depends on !GENERIC_TRACER 556b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt select TRACING 557b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt help 55840892367SRandy Dunlap This tracer hooks to various trace points in the kernel, 559b77e38aaSSteven Rostedt allowing the user to pick and choose which trace point they 560897f17a6SSteven Rostedt want to trace. It also includes the sched_switch tracer plugin. 561a7abe97fSSteven Rostedt 562ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbeckerconfig FTRACE_SYSCALLS 563ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker bool "Trace syscalls" 56466700001SJosh Stone depends on HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS 5655e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 5660ea1c415SFrederic Weisbecker select KALLSYMS 567ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker help 568ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker Basic tracer to catch the syscall entry and exit events. 569ee08c6ecSFrederic Weisbecker 570debdd57fSHiraku Toyookaconfig TRACER_SNAPSHOT 571debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka bool "Create a snapshot trace buffer" 572debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka select TRACER_MAX_TRACE 573debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka help 574debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka Allow tracing users to take snapshot of the current buffer using the 575debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka ftrace interface, e.g.: 576debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka 5772455f0e1SRoss Zwisler echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/snapshot 578debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka cat snapshot 579debdd57fSHiraku Toyooka 5800b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP 5810b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) bool "Allow snapshot to swap per CPU" 5820b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) depends on TRACER_SNAPSHOT 5830b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP 5840b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) help 5850b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) Allow doing a snapshot of a single CPU buffer instead of a 5860b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) full swap (all buffers). If this is set, then the following is 5870b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) allowed: 5880b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 5892455f0e1SRoss Zwisler echo 1 > /sys/kernel/tracing/per_cpu/cpu2/snapshot 5900b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 5910b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) After which, only the tracing buffer for CPU 2 was swapped with 5920b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) the main tracing buffer, and the other CPU buffers remain the same. 5930b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 5940b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) When this is enabled, this adds a little more overhead to the 5950b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) trace recording, as it needs to add some checks to synchronize 5960b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) recording with swaps. But this does not affect the performance 5970b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) of the overall system. This is enabled by default when the preempt 5980b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) or irq latency tracers are enabled, as those need to swap as well 5990b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) and already adds the overhead (plus a lot more). 6000b85ffc2SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 6012ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING 6029ae5b879SSteven Rostedt bool 6035e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 6049ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 6059ae5b879SSteven Rostedtchoice 6069ae5b879SSteven Rostedt prompt "Branch Profiling" 6079ae5b879SSteven Rostedt default BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE 6089ae5b879SSteven Rostedt help 6099ae5b879SSteven Rostedt The branch profiling is a software profiler. It will add hooks 6109ae5b879SSteven Rostedt into the C conditionals to test which path a branch takes. 6119ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 6129ae5b879SSteven Rostedt The likely/unlikely profiler only looks at the conditions that 6139ae5b879SSteven Rostedt are annotated with a likely or unlikely macro. 6149ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 61540892367SRandy Dunlap The "all branch" profiler will profile every if-statement in the 6169ae5b879SSteven Rostedt kernel. This profiler will also enable the likely/unlikely 61740892367SRandy Dunlap profiler. 6189ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 61940892367SRandy Dunlap Either of the above profilers adds a bit of overhead to the system. 62040892367SRandy Dunlap If unsure, choose "No branch profiling". 6219ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 6229ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_PROFILE_NONE 6239ae5b879SSteven Rostedt bool "No branch profiling" 6249ae5b879SSteven Rostedt help 6259ae5b879SSteven Rostedt No branch profiling. Branch profiling adds a bit of overhead. 6269ae5b879SSteven Rostedt Only enable it if you want to analyse the branching behavior. 6279ae5b879SSteven Rostedt Otherwise keep it disabled. 6289ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 6299ae5b879SSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES 6309ae5b879SSteven Rostedt bool "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" 6319ae5b879SSteven Rostedt select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING 6321f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt help 63359bf8964SMasanari Iida This tracer profiles all likely and unlikely macros 6341f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt in the kernel. It will display the results in: 6351f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt 6362455f0e1SRoss Zwisler /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_annotated 6371f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt 63840892367SRandy Dunlap Note: this will add a significant overhead; only turn this 6391f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt on if you need to profile the system's use of these macros. 6401f0d69a9SSteven Rostedt 6412bcd521aSSteven Rostedtconfig PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES 64268e76e03SRandy Dunlap bool "Profile all if conditionals" if !FORTIFY_SOURCE 6439ae5b879SSteven Rostedt select TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING 6442bcd521aSSteven Rostedt help 6452bcd521aSSteven Rostedt This tracer profiles all branch conditions. Every if () 6462bcd521aSSteven Rostedt taken in the kernel is recorded whether it hit or miss. 6472bcd521aSSteven Rostedt The results will be displayed in: 6482bcd521aSSteven Rostedt 6492455f0e1SRoss Zwisler /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_stat/branch_all 6502bcd521aSSteven Rostedt 6519ae5b879SSteven Rostedt This option also enables the likely/unlikely profiler. 6529ae5b879SSteven Rostedt 6532bcd521aSSteven Rostedt This configuration, when enabled, will impose a great overhead 6542bcd521aSSteven Rostedt on the system. This should only be enabled when the system 65540892367SRandy Dunlap is to be analyzed in much detail. 6569ae5b879SSteven Rostedtendchoice 6572bcd521aSSteven Rostedt 6582ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig TRACING_BRANCHES 65952f232cbSSteven Rostedt bool 66052f232cbSSteven Rostedt help 66152f232cbSSteven Rostedt Selected by tracers that will trace the likely and unlikely 66252f232cbSSteven Rostedt conditions. This prevents the tracers themselves from being 66352f232cbSSteven Rostedt profiled. Profiling the tracing infrastructure can only happen 66452f232cbSSteven Rostedt when the likelys and unlikelys are not being traced. 66552f232cbSSteven Rostedt 6662ed84eebSSteven Rostedtconfig BRANCH_TRACER 66752f232cbSSteven Rostedt bool "Trace likely/unlikely instances" 6682ed84eebSSteven Rostedt depends on TRACE_BRANCH_PROFILING 6692ed84eebSSteven Rostedt select TRACING_BRANCHES 67052f232cbSSteven Rostedt help 67152f232cbSSteven Rostedt This traces the events of likely and unlikely condition 67252f232cbSSteven Rostedt calls in the kernel. The difference between this and the 67352f232cbSSteven Rostedt "Trace likely/unlikely profiler" is that this is not a 67452f232cbSSteven Rostedt histogram of the callers, but actually places the calling 67552f232cbSSteven Rostedt events into a running trace buffer to see when and where the 67652f232cbSSteven Rostedt events happened, as well as their results. 67752f232cbSSteven Rostedt 67852f232cbSSteven Rostedt Say N if unsure. 67952f232cbSSteven Rostedt 6802db270a8SFrederic Weisbeckerconfig BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE 68140892367SRandy Dunlap bool "Support for tracing block IO actions" 6822db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker depends on SYSFS 6831dfba05dSIngo Molnar depends on BLOCK 6842db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker select RELAY 6852db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker select DEBUG_FS 6862db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker select TRACEPOINTS 6875e0a0939SSteven Rostedt select GENERIC_TRACER 6882db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker select STACKTRACE 6892db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker help 6902db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker Say Y here if you want to be able to trace the block layer actions 6912db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker on a given queue. Tracing allows you to see any traffic happening 6922db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker on a block device queue. For more information (and the userspace 6932db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker support tools needed), fetch the blktrace tools from: 6942db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker 6952db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker git://git.kernel.dk/blktrace.git 6962db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker 6972db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker Tracing also is possible using the ftrace interface, e.g.: 6982db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker 6992db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker echo 1 > /sys/block/sda/sda1/trace/enable 7002455f0e1SRoss Zwisler echo blk > /sys/kernel/tracing/current_tracer 7012455f0e1SRoss Zwisler cat /sys/kernel/tracing/trace_pipe 7022db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker 7032db270a8SFrederic Weisbecker If unsure, say N. 70436994e58SFrederic Weisbecker 705334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config FPROBE_EVENTS 706334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on FPROBE 707334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API 708334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) bool "Enable fprobe-based dynamic events" 709334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select TRACING 710334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select PROBE_EVENTS 711334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 712334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) default y 713334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) help 714334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) This allows user to add tracing events on the function entry and 715334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) exit via ftrace interface. The syntax is same as the kprobe events 716334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) and the kprobe events on function entry and exit will be 717334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) transparently converted to this fprobe events. 718334e5519SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 719b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google)config PROBE_EVENTS_BTF_ARGS 720b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on HAVE_FUNCTION_ARG_ACCESS_API 721b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on FPROBE_EVENTS || KPROBE_EVENTS 722b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on DEBUG_INFO_BTF && BPF_SYSCALL 723b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) bool "Support BTF function arguments for probe events" 724b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) default y 725b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) help 726b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) The user can specify the arguments of the probe event using the names 727b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) of the arguments of the probed function, when the probe location is a 728b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) kernel function entry or a tracepoint. 729b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) This is available only if BTF (BPF Type Format) support is enabled. 730b576e097SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) 7316b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig KPROBE_EVENTS 732413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu depends on KPROBES 733f850c30cSHeiko Carstens depends on HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API 73477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu bool "Enable kprobes-based dynamic events" 735413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu select TRACING 7368ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju select PROBE_EVENTS 7376212dd29SMasami Hiramatsu select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 73877b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu default y 739413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu help 74040892367SRandy Dunlap This allows the user to add tracing events (similar to tracepoints) 74140892367SRandy Dunlap on the fly via the ftrace interface. See 7425fb94e9cSMauro Carvalho Chehab Documentation/trace/kprobetrace.rst for more details. 74377b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu 74477b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu Those events can be inserted wherever kprobes can probe, and record 74577b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu various register and memory values. 74677b44d1bSMasami Hiramatsu 74740892367SRandy Dunlap This option is also required by perf-probe subcommand of perf tools. 74840892367SRandy Dunlap If you want to use perf tools, this option is strongly recommended. 749413d37d1SMasami Hiramatsu 75045408c4fSMasami Hiramatsuconfig KPROBE_EVENTS_ON_NOTRACE 75145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu bool "Do NOT protect notrace function from kprobe events" 75245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu depends on KPROBE_EVENTS 7537bb83f6fSMasami Hiramatsu depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE 75445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu default n 75545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu help 75645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu This is only for the developers who want to debug ftrace itself 75745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu using kprobe events. 75845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu 75945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu If kprobes can use ftrace instead of breakpoint, ftrace related 76028cc65a1SColin Ian King functions are protected from kprobe-events to prevent an infinite 76145408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu recursion or any unexpected execution path which leads to a kernel 76245408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu crash. 76345408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu 76445408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu This option disables such protection and allows you to put kprobe 76545408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu events on ftrace functions for debugging ftrace by itself. 76645408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu Note that this might let you shoot yourself in the foot. 76745408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu 76845408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu If unsure, say N. 76945408c4fSMasami Hiramatsu 7706b0b7551SAnton Blanchardconfig UPROBE_EVENTS 771f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju bool "Enable uprobes-based dynamic events" 772f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES 773f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju depends on MMU 77409294e31SDavid A. Long depends on PERF_EVENTS 775f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju select UPROBES 776f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju select PROBE_EVENTS 7770597c49cSMasami Hiramatsu select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 778f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju select TRACING 77961f35d75SArnaldo Carvalho de Melo default y 780f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju help 781f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju This allows the user to add tracing events on top of userspace 782f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju dynamic events (similar to tracepoints) on the fly via the trace 783f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju events interface. Those events can be inserted wherever uprobes 784f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju can probe, and record various registers. 785f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju This option is required if you plan to use perf-probe subcommand 786f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju of perf tools on user space applications. 787f3f096cfSSrikar Dronamraju 788e1abf2ccSIngo Molnarconfig BPF_EVENTS 789e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar depends on BPF_SYSCALL 7906b0b7551SAnton Blanchard depends on (KPROBE_EVENTS || UPROBE_EVENTS) && PERF_EVENTS 791e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar bool 792e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar default y 793e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar help 7945cbd22c1SPeter Wu This allows the user to attach BPF programs to kprobe, uprobe, and 7955cbd22c1SPeter Wu tracepoint events. 796e1abf2ccSIngo Molnar 7975448d44cSMasami Hiramatsuconfig DYNAMIC_EVENTS 7985448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu def_bool n 7995448d44cSMasami Hiramatsu 8008ab83f56SSrikar Dronamrajuconfig PROBE_EVENTS 8018ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju def_bool n 8028ab83f56SSrikar Dronamraju 8039802d865SJosef Bacikconfig BPF_KPROBE_OVERRIDE 8049802d865SJosef Bacik bool "Enable BPF programs to override a kprobed function" 8059802d865SJosef Bacik depends on BPF_EVENTS 806540adea3SMasami Hiramatsu depends on FUNCTION_ERROR_INJECTION 8079802d865SJosef Bacik default n 8089802d865SJosef Bacik help 8099802d865SJosef Bacik Allows BPF to override the execution of a probed function and 8109802d865SJosef Bacik set a different return value. This is used for error injection. 8119802d865SJosef Bacik 8128da3821bSSteven Rostedtconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 8138da3821bSSteven Rostedt def_bool y 8148da3821bSSteven Rostedt depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE 8158da3821bSSteven Rostedt depends on HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 8168da3821bSSteven Rostedt 8173b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY 8183b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen bool 8193b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 8203b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen 8213b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC 8223b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen def_bool y 8233b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on $(cc-option,-mrecord-mcount) 8243b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY 8253b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 8263b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen 82722c8542dSSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL 82822c8542dSSami Tolvanen def_bool y 82922c8542dSSami Tolvanen depends on HAVE_OBJTOOL_MCOUNT 83022c8542dSSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY 83122c8542dSSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC 83222c8542dSSami Tolvanen depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 83303f16cd0SJosh Poimboeuf select OBJTOOL 83422c8542dSSami Tolvanen 8353b15cdc1SSami Tolvanenconfig FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT 8363b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen def_bool y 8373b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY 8383b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_CC 83922c8542dSSami Tolvanen depends on !FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL 8403b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen depends on FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD 8413b15cdc1SSami Tolvanen 84208d43a5fSTom Zanussiconfig TRACING_MAP 84308d43a5fSTom Zanussi bool 84408d43a5fSTom Zanussi depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG 84508d43a5fSTom Zanussi help 84608d43a5fSTom Zanussi tracing_map is a special-purpose lock-free map for tracing, 84708d43a5fSTom Zanussi separated out as a stand-alone facility in order to allow it 84808d43a5fSTom Zanussi to be shared between multiple tracers. It isn't meant to be 84908d43a5fSTom Zanussi generally used outside of that context, and is normally 85008d43a5fSTom Zanussi selected by tracers that use it. 85108d43a5fSTom Zanussi 852726721a5STom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENTS 853726721a5STom Zanussi bool "Synthetic trace events" 854726721a5STom Zanussi select TRACING 855726721a5STom Zanussi select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 856726721a5STom Zanussi default n 857726721a5STom Zanussi help 858726721a5STom Zanussi Synthetic events are user-defined trace events that can be 859726721a5STom Zanussi used to combine data from other trace events or in fact any 860726721a5STom Zanussi data source. Synthetic events can be generated indirectly 861726721a5STom Zanussi via the trace() action of histogram triggers or directly 862726721a5STom Zanussi by way of an in-kernel API. 863726721a5STom Zanussi 864726721a5STom Zanussi See Documentation/trace/events.rst or 865726721a5STom Zanussi Documentation/trace/histogram.rst for details and examples. 866726721a5STom Zanussi 867726721a5STom Zanussi If in doubt, say N. 868726721a5STom Zanussi 8697f5a08c7SBeau Belgraveconfig USER_EVENTS 8707f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave bool "User trace events" 8717f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave select TRACING 8727f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 8737f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave help 8747f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave User trace events are user-defined trace events that 8757f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave can be used like an existing kernel trace event. User trace 8767f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave events are generated by writing to a tracefs file. User 8777f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave processes can determine if their tracing events should be 87872357590SBeau Belgrave generated by registering a value and bit with the kernel 87972357590SBeau Belgrave that reflects when it is enabled or not. 8807f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave 88172357590SBeau Belgrave See Documentation/trace/user_events.rst. 8827f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave If in doubt, say N. 8837f5a08c7SBeau Belgrave 8847ef224d1STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS 8857ef224d1STom Zanussi bool "Histogram triggers" 8867ef224d1STom Zanussi depends on ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG 8877ef224d1STom Zanussi select TRACING_MAP 8887ad8fb61STom Zanussi select TRACING 8897bbab38dSMasami Hiramatsu select DYNAMIC_EVENTS 890726721a5STom Zanussi select SYNTH_EVENTS 8917ef224d1STom Zanussi default n 8927ef224d1STom Zanussi help 8937ef224d1STom Zanussi Hist triggers allow one or more arbitrary trace event fields 8947ef224d1STom Zanussi to be aggregated into hash tables and dumped to stdout by 8957ef224d1STom Zanussi reading a debugfs/tracefs file. They're useful for 8967ef224d1STom Zanussi gathering quick and dirty (though precise) summaries of 8977ef224d1STom Zanussi event activity as an initial guide for further investigation 8987ef224d1STom Zanussi using more advanced tools. 8997ef224d1STom Zanussi 90089e270c1STom Zanussi Inter-event tracing of quantities such as latencies is also 90189e270c1STom Zanussi supported using hist triggers under this option. 90289e270c1STom Zanussi 903ea272257SMauro Carvalho Chehab See Documentation/trace/histogram.rst. 9047ef224d1STom Zanussi If in doubt, say N. 9057ef224d1STom Zanussi 9066c3edaf9SCong Wangconfig TRACE_EVENT_INJECT 9076c3edaf9SCong Wang bool "Trace event injection" 9086c3edaf9SCong Wang depends on TRACING 9096c3edaf9SCong Wang help 9106c3edaf9SCong Wang Allow user-space to inject a specific trace event into the ring 9116c3edaf9SCong Wang buffer. This is mainly used for testing purpose. 9126c3edaf9SCong Wang 9136c3edaf9SCong Wang If unsure, say N. 9146c3edaf9SCong Wang 91581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config TRACEPOINT_BENCHMARK 91681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) bool "Add tracepoint that benchmarks tracepoints" 91781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) help 91881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) This option creates the tracepoint "benchmark:benchmark_event". 91981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) When the tracepoint is enabled, it kicks off a kernel thread that 92069268094SRolf Eike Beer goes into an infinite loop (calling cond_resched() to let other tasks 92181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) run), and calls the tracepoint. Each iteration will record the time 92281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) it took to write to the tracepoint and the next iteration that 92381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) data will be passed to the tracepoint itself. That is, the tracepoint 92481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) will report the time it took to do the previous tracepoint. 92581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) The string written to the tracepoint is a static string of 128 bytes 92681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) to keep the time the same. The initial string is simply a write of 92781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) "START". The second string records the cold cache time of the first 92881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) write which is not added to the rest of the calculations. 92981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 93081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) As it is a tight loop, it benchmarks as hot cache. That's fine because 93181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) we care most about hot paths that are probably in cache already. 93281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 93381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) An example of the output: 93481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 93581dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) START 93681dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) first=3672 [COLD CACHED] 93781dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=632 first=3672 max=632 min=632 avg=316 std=446 std^2=199712 93881dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=278 first=3672 max=632 min=278 avg=303 std=316 std^2=100337 93981dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=277 first=3672 max=632 min=277 avg=296 std=258 std^2=67064 94081dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=292 std=224 std^2=50411 94181dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=273 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=288 std=200 std^2=40389 94281dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) last=281 first=3672 max=632 min=273 avg=287 std=183 std^2=33666 94381dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 94481dc9f0eSSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 9455092dbc9SSteven Rostedtconfig RING_BUFFER_BENCHMARK 9465092dbc9SSteven Rostedt tristate "Ring buffer benchmark stress tester" 9475092dbc9SSteven Rostedt depends on RING_BUFFER 9485092dbc9SSteven Rostedt help 9495092dbc9SSteven Rostedt This option creates a test to stress the ring buffer and benchmark it. 95040892367SRandy Dunlap It creates its own ring buffer such that it will not interfere with 9515092dbc9SSteven Rostedt any other users of the ring buffer (such as ftrace). It then creates 9525092dbc9SSteven Rostedt a producer and consumer that will run for 10 seconds and sleep for 9535092dbc9SSteven Rostedt 10 seconds. Each interval it will print out the number of events 9545092dbc9SSteven Rostedt it recorded and give a rough estimate of how long each iteration took. 9555092dbc9SSteven Rostedt 9565092dbc9SSteven Rostedt It does not disable interrupts or raise its priority, so it may be 9575092dbc9SSteven Rostedt affected by processes that are running. 9585092dbc9SSteven Rostedt 95940892367SRandy Dunlap If unsure, say N. 9605092dbc9SSteven Rostedt 9611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config TRACE_EVAL_MAP_FILE 9621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Show eval mappings for trace events" 9631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on TRACING 9641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 9651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) The "print fmt" of the trace events will show the enum/sizeof names 9661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) instead of their values. This can cause problems for user space tools 9671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) that use this string to parse the raw data as user space does not know 9681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) how to convert the string to its value. 9691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 9701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) To fix this, there's a special macro in the kernel that can be used 9711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) to convert an enum/sizeof into its value. If this macro is used, then 9721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) the print fmt strings will be converted to their values. 9731e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 9741e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If something does not get converted properly, this option can be 9751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) used to show what enums/sizeof the kernel tried to convert. 9761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 9771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option is for debugging the conversions. A file is created 9781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) in the tracing directory called "eval_map" that will show the 9791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) names matched with their values and what trace event system they 9801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) belong too. 9811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 9821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Normally, the mapping of the strings to values will be freed after 9831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) boot up or module load. With this option, they will not be freed, as 9841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) they are needed for the "eval_map" file. Enabling this option will 9851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) increase the memory footprint of the running kernel. 9861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 9871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If unsure, say N. 9881e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 989773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION 990773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Record functions that recurse in function tracing" 991773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 992773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 993773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort 994773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) of protection against recursion. Even though the protection exists, 995773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) it adds overhead. This option will create a file in the tracefs 996773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) file system called "recursed_functions" that will list the functions 997773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) that triggered a recursion. 998773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 999773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion. 1000773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1001773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If unsure, say N 1002773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1003773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION_SIZE 1004773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) int "Max number of recursed functions to record" 1005773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default 128 1006773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION 1007773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 1008773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This defines the limit of number of functions that can be 1009773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) listed in the "recursed_functions" file, that lists all 1010773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) the functions that caused a recursion to happen. 1011773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This file can be reset, but the limit can not change in 1012773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) size at runtime. 1013773c1670SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1014b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryikoconfig FTRACE_VALIDATE_RCU_IS_WATCHING 1015b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko bool "Validate RCU is on during ftrace execution" 1016b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko depends on FUNCTION_TRACER 1017b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko depends on ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR 1018b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko help 1019b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko All callbacks that attach to the function tracing have some sort of 1020b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko protection against recursion. This option is only to verify that 1021b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko ftrace (and other users of ftrace_test_recursion_trylock()) are not 1022b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko called outside of RCU, as if they are, it can cause a race. But it 1023b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko also has a noticeable overhead when enabled. 1024b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko 1025b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko If unsure, say N 1026b0e28a4bSAndrii Nakryiko 102728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_RECORD_RECURSION 102828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Record functions that recurse in the ring buffer" 102928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION 103028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) # default y, because it is coupled with FTRACE_RECORD_RECURSION 103128575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default y 103228575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 103328575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) The ring buffer has its own internal recursion. Although when 1034ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap recursion happens it won't cause harm because of the protection, 1035ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap but it does cause unwanted overhead. Enabling this option will 103628575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) place where recursion was detected into the ftrace "recursed_functions" 103728575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) file. 103828575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 103928575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This will add more overhead to cases that have recursion. 104028575c61SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10411e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config GCOV_PROFILE_FTRACE 10421e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem" 10431e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on GCOV_KERNEL 10441e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 10451e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Enable GCOV profiling on ftrace subsystem for checking 10461e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) which functions/lines are tested. 10471e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10481e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If unsure, say N. 10491e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10501e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Note that on a kernel compiled with this config, ftrace will 10511e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) run significantly slower. 10521e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10531e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SELFTEST 10541e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool 10551e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10561e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST 10571e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Perform a startup test on ftrace" 10581e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on GENERIC_TRACER 10591e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) select FTRACE_SELFTEST 10601e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 10611e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option performs a series of startup tests on ftrace. On bootup 10621e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) a series of tests are made to verify that the tracer is 10631e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) functioning properly. It will do tests on all the configured 10641e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) tracers of ftrace. 10651e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10661e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST 10671e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Run selftest on trace events" 10681e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on FTRACE_STARTUP_TEST 10691e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) default y 10701e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 10711e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option performs a test on all trace events in the system. 10721e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) It basically just enables each event and runs some code that 10731e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) will trigger events (not necessarily the event it enables) 10741e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This may take some time run as there are a lot of events. 10751e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10761e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config EVENT_TRACE_TEST_SYSCALLS 10771e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Run selftest on syscall events" 10781e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on EVENT_TRACE_STARTUP_TEST 10791e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 10801e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This option will also enable testing every syscall event. 10811e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) It only enables the event and disables it and runs various loads 10821e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) with the event enabled. This adds a bit more time for kernel boot 10831e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) up since it runs this on every system call defined. 10841e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10851e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) TBD - enable a way to actually call the syscalls as we test their 10861e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) events 10871e837945SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 10888147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config FTRACE_SORT_STARTUP_TEST 10898147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Verify compile time sorting of ftrace functions" 10908147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on DYNAMIC_FTRACE 10916b9b6413SSteven Rostedt (Google) depends on BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT 10928147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 10938147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Sorting of the mcount_loc sections that is used to find the 10948147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) where the ftrace knows where to patch functions for tracing 10958147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) and other callbacks is done at compile time. But if the sort 10968147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) is not done correctly, it will cause non-deterministic failures. 10978147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) When this is set, the sorted sections will be verified that they 10988147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) are in deed sorted and will warn if they are not. 10998147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 11008147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) If unsure, say N 11018147dc78SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 11026c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat)config RING_BUFFER_STARTUP_TEST 11036c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) bool "Ring buffer startup self test" 11046c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) depends on RING_BUFFER 11056c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) help 11066c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) Run a simple self test on the ring buffer on boot up. Late in the 11076c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) kernel boot sequence, the test will start that kicks off 11086c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) a thread per cpu. Each thread will write various size events 11096c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) into the ring buffer. Another thread is created to send IPIs 11106c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) to each of the threads, where the IPI handler will also write 11116c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) to the ring buffer, to test/stress the nesting ability. 11126c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) If any anomalies are discovered, a warning will be displayed 11136c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) and all ring buffers will be disabled. 11146c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 11156c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) The test runs for 10 seconds. This will slow your boot time 11166c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) by at least 10 more seconds. 11176c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 1118ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap At the end of the test, statistics and more checks are done. 1119ac28d0a0SRandy Dunlap It will output the stats of each per cpu buffer: What 11206c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) was written, the sizes, what was read, what was lost, and 11216c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) other similar details. 11226c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 11236c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) If unsure, say N 11246c43e554SSteven Rostedt (Red Hat) 11255b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config RING_BUFFER_VALIDATE_TIME_DELTAS 11265b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) bool "Verify ring buffer time stamp deltas" 11275b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on RING_BUFFER 11285b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 11295b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This will audit the time stamps on the ring buffer sub 11305b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) buffer to make sure that all the time deltas for the 11315b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) events on a sub buffer matches the current time stamp. 11325b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This audit is performed for every event that is not 11335b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) interrupted, or interrupting another event. A check 11345b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) is also made when traversing sub buffers to make sure 11355b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) that all the deltas on the previous sub buffer do not 11365b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) add up to be greater than the current time stamp. 11375b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 11385b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) NOTE: This adds significant overhead to recording of events, 11395b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) and should only be used to test the logic of the ring buffer. 11405b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Do not use it on production systems. 11415b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 11425b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Only say Y if you understand what this does, and you 11435b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) still want it enabled. Otherwise say N 11445b7be9c7SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1145a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware)config MMIOTRACE_TEST 1146a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) tristate "Test module for mmiotrace" 1147a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) depends on MMIOTRACE && m 1148a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) help 1149a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) This is a dumb module for testing mmiotrace. It is very dangerous 1150a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) as it will write garbage to IO memory starting at a given address. 1151a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) However, it should be safe to use on e.g. unused portion of VRAM. 1152a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1153a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) Say N, unless you absolutely know what you are doing. 1154a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) 1155f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google)config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST 1156a48fc4f5SSteven Rostedt (VMware) tristate "Test module to create a preempt / IRQ disable delay thread to test latency tracers" 1157f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) depends on m 1158f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) help 1159f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) Select this option to build a test module that can help test latency 1160f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) tracers by executing a preempt or irq disable section with a user 1161f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) configurable delay. The module busy waits for the duration of the 1162f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) critical section. 1163f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) 116479393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW) For example, the following invocation generates a burst of three 116579393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW) irq-disabled critical sections for 500us: 116679393723SViktor Rosendahl (BMW) modprobe preemptirq_delay_test test_mode=irq delay=500 burst_size=3 1167f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) 11684b9091e1SSong Chen What's more, if you want to attach the test on the cpu which the latency 11694b9091e1SSong Chen tracer is running on, specify cpu_affinity=cpu_num at the end of the 11704b9091e1SSong Chen command. 11714b9091e1SSong Chen 1172f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) If unsure, say N 1173f96e8577SJoel Fernandes (Google) 11749fe41efaSTom Zanussiconfig SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST 11759fe41efaSTom Zanussi tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation" 11763572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on SYNTH_EVENTS && m 11779fe41efaSTom Zanussi help 11789fe41efaSTom Zanussi This option creates a test module to check the base 11799fe41efaSTom Zanussi functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and 11809fe41efaSTom Zanussi generation. 11819fe41efaSTom Zanussi 11829fe41efaSTom Zanussi To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer 11839fe41efaSTom Zanussi for the generated sample events. 11849fe41efaSTom Zanussi 11859fe41efaSTom Zanussi If unsure, say N. 11869fe41efaSTom Zanussi 118764836248STom Zanussiconfig KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST 118864836248STom Zanussi tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation" 11893572bd56SMasami Hiramatsu (Google) depends on KPROBE_EVENTS && m 119064836248STom Zanussi help 119164836248STom Zanussi This option creates a test module to check the base 119264836248STom Zanussi functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition. 119364836248STom Zanussi 119464836248STom Zanussi To test, insert the module, and then check the trace buffer 119564836248STom Zanussi for the generated kprobe events. 119664836248STom Zanussi 119764836248STom Zanussi If unsure, say N. 119864836248STom Zanussi 11992d19bd79STom Zanussiconfig HIST_TRIGGERS_DEBUG 12002d19bd79STom Zanussi bool "Hist trigger debug support" 12012d19bd79STom Zanussi depends on HIST_TRIGGERS 12022d19bd79STom Zanussi help 12032d19bd79STom Zanussi Add "hist_debug" file for each event, which when read will 12042d19bd79STom Zanussi dump out a bunch of internal details about the hist triggers 12052d19bd79STom Zanussi defined on that event. 12062d19bd79STom Zanussi 12072d19bd79STom Zanussi The hist_debug file serves a couple of purposes: 12082d19bd79STom Zanussi 12092d19bd79STom Zanussi - Helps developers verify that nothing is broken. 12102d19bd79STom Zanussi 12112d19bd79STom Zanussi - Provides educational information to support the details 12122d19bd79STom Zanussi of the hist trigger internals as described by 12132d19bd79STom Zanussi Documentation/trace/histogram-design.rst. 12142d19bd79STom Zanussi 12152d19bd79STom Zanussi The hist_debug output only covers the data structures 12162d19bd79STom Zanussi related to the histogram definitions themselves and doesn't 12172d19bd79STom Zanussi display the internals of map buckets or variable values of 12182d19bd79STom Zanussi running histograms. 12192d19bd79STom Zanussi 12202d19bd79STom Zanussi If unsure, say N. 12212d19bd79STom Zanussi 1222102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveirasource "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig" 1223102227b9SDaniel Bristot de Oliveira 12244ed9f071SSteven Rostedtendif # FTRACE 1225